Seth Stern's new book 'Speaking Yiddish to Chickens' tells how his grandparents joined thousands of other Jews in a plucky venture as they rebuilt their lives in rural America

About 1,000 Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis landed on the island country's shores. With few relics of that time left, a small Jewish museum wants the government to help it reopen

The YIVO Institute and UN joint project runs through Feb. 23 in NYC, focusing on the day-to-day lives in DP camps of the 250,000 Holocaust survivors with nowhere to go

A new book sheds light on the little-known story of thousands of German Jewish refugees held in internment camps in the UK during World War II - including several of my ancestors

Opening in the US on April 22, 'Charlotte' portrays the first graphic novelist and her feverish 18-month labor of love to chronicle her life before her murder at Auschwitz

Ludwig Guttmann, who became a leading doctor in the UK after the war, was fundamental in introducing sport as a way to rehabilitate paraplegic patients and boost their self-esteem

Declassifying records, author Leah Garrett uncovers amazing story of X Troop, a unit of German-speaking refugee volunteers determined to outwit and outfight the Nazis at all costs

Moise Katumbi, who has presidential aspirations, seen as a reformer in troubled country; while he doesn't identify as Jewish, he has a 'warm connection to Judaism and Israel'

After Ira Segalewitz chanced upon an article with the name of his teenage sweetheart Ruth Brandspiegel, a tearful reunion conjures stories of tribulations and childhood bliss

Irene and Helga Bejach, part of the Kindertransport rescue mission from Nazi Germany, took shelter with the British family during WWII